MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA)
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
February 9, 2018
By Emma Younger
Lawyers for Cardinal George Pell are seeking access to the medical records of complainants in the case against him.
Cardinal Pell, 76, is set to face a four-week committal hearing in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court next month as he fights historical sexual offence charges involving multiple complainants.
No other details of the case against him can be reported for legal reasons.
One of Cardinal Pell’s defence barristers, Ruth Shann, made what she described as a “responsible and considered” application to access the medial records of complainants in the case.
Ms Shann told the court the records would have substantial probative value, meaning they would contain important evidence to the case.
She said a complainant may not be in the best position to describe their own mental health.
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